https://jslhr.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=1780476Nonword Repetition Performance in School-Age Children With and Without Language ImpairmentThis study examined nonword repetition performance in a population-based sample of school-age children. A total of 581 second graders who were participating in a longitudinal, epidemiologic investigation of specific language impairment (SLI) were administered the Nonword Repetition Task (NRT) developed by Dollaghan & Campbell (1998) . Performance was examined according to ...2000-08-01T00:00:00Research ArticleSusan Ellis Weismer

Research Article | August 01, 2000

Nonword Repetition Performance in School-Age Children With and Without Language Impairment

This study examined nonword repetition performance in a population-based sample of school-age children. A total of 581 second graders who were participating in a longitudinal, epidemiologic investigation of specific language impairment (SLI) were administered the Nonword Repetition Task (NRT) developed by Dollaghan & Campbell (1998) . Performance was examined according to second-grade diagnostic category, presence/absence of language impairment, and treatment status. Results indicated that children with language impairment, as well as those in intervention, exhibited deficient nonword repetition skills compared to normal language controls. Findings also confirmed that the NRT is a culturally nonbiased measure of language processing. Results from likelihood ratio analyses indicated that NRT performance, though not sufficient on its own, may provide a useful index to assist in ruling in or ruling out language disorder.

Acknowledgment

This project was supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health, NIDCD, 5 P50 CD02746-04, Midwest Collaboration on Specific Language Impairment; the second author (Tomblin) is the Director, and the first author (Ellis Weismer) is an investigator on this project. We are extremely grateful to the children in the Iowa schools who participated in this study and to the three examiners who administered the task.

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